Christian Anich (1983, living in Innsbruck) is currently employed as a Botanist at the Tyrolean State Museums and by the Institute of Ecology at the Innsbruck University. He has a strong interest in creative activities with a special focus on music, electronics, cooking and craftsmanship.

I used to be involved in street-art projects every now and then and always had the urge to be creative. I then started to study comparative literature, but after some time switched over to natural sciences. While studying, I compensated the lack of creativity by playing in various bands and composing some music. Just recently I developed a strong interest in electronics, mainly analog-music-synthesis and environmental sensorics.

As a biologist I am naturally drawn towards the concept of generative design, as in my sense of understanding, all living beings, and also a lot of inanimate natural objects are all created by generative design itself.

2. Which way are you going?

I am trying to learn new stuff as much as possible. My main problem is the limited amount of time I can spend on art-related works. I also have been trying to create a understanding of the interactions between people, nature and artificial constructions in urban environments for myself and come up with some project to acquire the resources I need to go further in that direction.

3. Where are you going to?

I plan to shift the focus of my work more in the direction of “unconventional” use of what I learned at the university. I would like to do some project that puts the interaction of urban areas with the resident and surrounding nature in focus and makes people aware of what everybody could contribute to make the space we are living in more worth living in. Even if it is just a shift in perspective that makes people experience their surroundings in a new way.

I would also like to work more on music projects and learn about the application and implementation of visual media to support my other projects, or just to be able to better cooperate with artists from this field.